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Restoring health and vintage furniture at Spitalfields Crypt Trust
Recovering addicts are learning to make, renovate and sell old sofas, tables and much more
Read MoreTwo charged over fatal stabbing of Marcel Addai in Hoxton
17-year-old died from stab wounds on the St John’s Estates on Pitfield Street
Read MoreEel passes help endangered fish complete final leg of 3,000 km odyssey
Tunnels helping eels on their upstream battle are being refurbished by the Canal and River Trust
Read MoreCheep snack or fowl food? Debate over chicken takeaways continues
A fast food restaurant has applied to open opposite a school, sparking concerns about public health
Read MoreBootstrap Campus connects young locals with Hackney’s creative economy
The youth programme run by Dalston social enterprise Bootstrap Company is breaking down barriers to creative careers
Read MoreHackney Mayor calls on government to ‘step up’ funding for refugees
The prime minister has pledged the UK will take 20,000 refugees by 2020 but funding only announced for one year
Read MoreTurning over a new leaf: looking to the future after Victoria Park Books closes
Owner of independent bookshop Joanna De Guia has launched the events business Story Habit
Read MoreDivest Hackney Q&A: Climate activists turn up the heat on local government
Local campaign group explains why it wants Hackney Council to divest from the £42m it has in the fossil fuel industry
Read MoreLondon Fields bakery shares the loaf with bread-making project for refugees
e5 Bakehouse has teamed up with scheme for refugee women to meet, develop skills and learn to bake bread
Read MoreTeenager murdered in Hoxton named as Marcel Addai
The family of the 17-year-old stabbed to death on St John’s Estates say they are ‘devastated’ by the ‘wicked attack’
Read MoreRumble in the jumble: residents let down as council bins community sale
Concern over litter and blocked pathways prompts council U-turn on Stoke Newington Jumble Trail
Read MoreCorbyn the poet pledges ‘arts for all’ at policy launch in Dalston
Labour leadership frontrunner announces ‘national strategy for the arts’, including ring-fenced funding and protection for BBC
Read MoreElderly residents targeted as bogus call robberies increase
‘Calculating thieves’ pretend to check water pressure before making off with possessions
Read MoreThe secret garden: Woodberry Wetlands nature reserve to open after nearly 200 years
Sealed off East Reservoir to become ‘haven for wildlife and people’ with a visitor centre fashioned from a 19th-century coal house
Read MorePlans to build on Hackney Marshes get green light
Inquiry finds in favour of new sports pavilion as objections from environmental groups are overruled
Read More‘Beholden to tycoons’: Diane Abbott accuses fellow Labour London mayoral candidates
Hackney MP condemns rival contenders for accepting donations from property developers
Read MoreMillion pound price tag slapped on ‘affordable’ shared ownership flat
‘Stylish’ housing association property in Hackney requires buyers to have income of at least £77,000 pa
Read MoreComplaints relating to prostitution in Hackney up 70 per cent
Police report a significant rise in residents’ complaints about anti-social behaviour linked to sex work
Read MoreEarmark apprenticeships for young people in care, Barnardo’s urges
Hackney highlighted as an area of concern as charity calls for jobs to be set aside for care leavers
Read MoreBailiffs come knocking for 1,000 residents to recover council tax
Report finds that thousands in Hackney can’t afford council tax payments
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